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To protect the confidentiality of a message during its transmission, people encrypt it. However, noise in the transmission channels can be a source of concern regarding how faithful the message transmission may be after ...

The top quark is a unique particle due to its phenomenally high mass. It decays in less than 10 to 24 seconds, before it has time to interact with any other particles. Therefore, many of its quantum numbers, such as its ...

Researchers have developed a new computer system that mimics the brain's neural networks. The advance could shed new light into neural processing and assist with research into brain disorders.

For the first time, high blood pressure later in life has been linked to Alzheimer's disease, a finding that might help us better understand the condition

Researchers report horses tend to snort more when they are in positive emotional situations. The findings suggest snorts are reliable indicators of positive emotions in horses.

Researchers report boys on the autism spectrum tend to have lower fractal dimension in the right side of the cerebellum than those without autism.

A team of bioengineers has answered a question that has long puzzled neuroscientists, and may hold a key to better understanding the complexities of neurological disorders: Why are neuron axons designed the way they are?...

A recent study demonstrates that exercise performed immediately after practicing a new motor skill improves its long-term retention. More specifically, the research shows, for the first time, that as little as a single f...

If you want to get the greatest benefit from a beam of light--whether to detect a distant planet or remedy an aberration in the human eye--you need to be able to measure its beam front information.

It has long been thought that horses snort to improve their personal hygiene - but it might indicate positive emotions instead

A pioneering treatment has allowed deaf gerbils to perceive light as sound, raising hope for sophisticated optogenetic implants to relieve hearing loss

A new study reveals people with schizophrenia have a disrupted stress response. Researchers report those with schizophrenia have an increase in dopamine release in the striatum, but not in the prefrontal cortex, in respo...

Scientists have gained a glimpse of how marks on our genes that could be linked to adverse health outcomes in later life behave differently in the first few days after conception, according to new research.

Researchers investigated whether the location of the mutation within the sequence of the PIK3CA gene affected the mutation's ability to help drive growth of glioblastoma tumors. They also evaluated whether the location o...

Researchers have identified a dual role for a gene associated with sleep and wakefulness regulation.

A new study leverages the power of gene editing, capitalizing on cancer cells' self-homing ability to take a critical step toward using cancer cells to kill cancer.

Robotic surgery is as effective as traditional open surgery in treating bladder cancer, according to a new study.

Commercial insurance medical policies that do not cover treatment with proton therapy can make it difficult for patients to participate in randomized clinical trials.

Lawmakers want to clamp down on automated social media accounts before they affect elections, but innocent and benign bots could get caught in the crossfire

Researchers discover new clues about a recently identified blood cell condition known as clonal hematopoiesis, implicated in hematologic cancers, cardiovascular illness. Surprisingly, the study reveals that inherited gen...

It's easy to mock Elon Musk's very public brand of techno-utopianism but the world needs engineering icons like him, says Mark Harris

Unlike other human stem cells, Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) can be produced directly from adult cells. Now, researchers have shown that human kidney podocytes produced from iPS cells via a highly efficient,...